The Quarantine Files: Thinkers in Self-Isolation
Brad Evans curates a series of reflections by leading thinkers on the pandemic and its consequences.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Innocence to the Extreme: An Interview with Cannes Best Director Winners Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Eileen G’Sell talks to the award-winning directors about their newest film, "Young Ahmed."
O Jerusalem, If I Should Forget You
A trip through Israel reveals the siege mentality — and the paradoxical openness — that has been with the modern Jewish state from the beginning.
The Intimacies of Violence: Sema Kaygusuz’s “Every Fire You Tend”
Helen Mackreath reviews the novel "Every Fire You Tend," written by Sema Kaygusuz and translated by Nicholas Glastonbury.
“Chorela” Quarantine (Odessa, 1975)
A Hungarian scholar of Russian literature looks back on her experience in quarantine under Soviet rule.
The Feminine Ending: On Women’s Writing in Yiddish, Now Available in English
Madeleine Cohen greets new English translations of women authors who wrote in Yiddish.
The Pursuit of Clarity in a Time of Plague
Stephen Marche ponders the current plague and its untold, untellable stories.
The Narrative Wars: A Conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez
A major Colombian author discusses the challenges of speaking truth in a “post-truth” era.
Histories of Violence: The Crises of Containment
Brad Evans speaks with Gareth Owen OBE, Humanitarian Director at Save the Children, UK. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
A Diary of Social Distancing
For the Homeland but Not for Stalin: On Alexander Tvardovsky’s “Vasili Tyorkin: A Book about a Soldier”
Geoffrey Hosking salutes Alexander Tvardovsky’s “Vasili Tyorkin: A Book about a Soldier,” translated by James Womack.
Benjamin’s Last Will: A Response to Samantha Rose Hill’s “Walter Benjamin’s Last Work”
Clara Picker responds to Samantha Rose Hill’s essay “Walter Benjamin’s Last Work.”
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